#android-updates — Public Fediverse posts
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أخبار سلبية: شركة NewPipe ستتوقف عن دعم أجهزة Android 5. بدءاً من الإصدار 0.28.7، وذلك بسبب عدم توافق المكتبات الحديثة من AndroidX/Jetpack مع هذه الأجهزة. هذا القرار يرجع إلى أن عدد المستخدمين المتبقين على Android 5 قليل جداً، حيث لم يتم تقديم تحديثات أمنية منذ عام 2018. هذا التغيير قد يؤثر على تجربة المستخدمين الذين يعتمدون على هذه الأجهزة.
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Who needs a flagship when you can get a solid phone for under $300 in 2026?
Engadget's review highlights the compromises, but also how much bang for your buck you can get (especially with Android). Samsung even offers 6 years of updates on a $200 phone!
What's your budget phone success story?
#TechBargains #Smartphones #DevLife #AndroidUpdates
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Who needs a flagship when you can get a solid phone for under $300 in 2026?
Engadget's review highlights the compromises, but also how much bang for your buck you can get (especially with Android). Samsung even offers 6 years of updates on a $200 phone!
What's your budget phone success story?
#TechBargains #Smartphones #DevLife #AndroidUpdates
https://www.engadget.com/mobile/smartphones/best-cheap-phones-130017793.html?src=rss -
Xiaomi 17T Camera and Battery Details Leak Ahead of September Launch
Xiaomi 17T camera and battery details surface online, suggesting a 50MP triple camera setup, upgraded 6,500mAh battery, 67W fast charging, and Dimensity 9400 SoC.
#mymobprice #Xiaomi17T #XiaomiLeak #SmartphoneLeaks #TechNews #AndroidUpdates
https://mymobprice.com/blog/article/xiaomi-17t-camera-and-battery-details-leak-b2541
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Xiaomi 17T Camera and Battery Details Leak Ahead of September Launch
Xiaomi 17T camera and battery details surface online, suggesting a 50MP triple camera setup, upgraded 6,500mAh battery, 67W fast charging, and Dimensity 9400 SoC.
#mymobprice #Xiaomi17T #XiaomiLeak #SmartphoneLeaks #TechNews #AndroidUpdates
https://mymobprice.com/blog/article/xiaomi-17t-camera-and-battery-details-leak-b2541
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Xiaomi 17T Camera and Battery Details Leak Ahead of September Launch
Xiaomi 17T camera and battery details surface online, suggesting a 50MP triple camera setup, upgraded 6,500mAh battery, 67W fast charging, and Dimensity 9400 SoC.
#mymobprice #Xiaomi17T #XiaomiLeak #SmartphoneLeaks #TechNews #AndroidUpdates
https://mymobprice.com/blog/article/xiaomi-17t-camera-and-battery-details-leak-b2541
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Xiaomi 17T Camera and Battery Details Leak Ahead of September Launch
Xiaomi 17T camera and battery details surface online, suggesting a 50MP triple camera setup, upgraded 6,500mAh battery, 67W fast charging, and Dimensity 9400 SoC.
#mymobprice #Xiaomi17T #XiaomiLeak #SmartphoneLeaks #TechNews #AndroidUpdates
https://mymobprice.com/blog/article/xiaomi-17t-camera-and-battery-details-leak-b2541
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Xiaomi 17T Camera and Battery Details Leak Ahead of September Launch
Xiaomi 17T camera and battery details surface online, suggesting a 50MP triple camera setup, upgraded 6,500mAh battery, 67W fast charging, and Dimensity 9400 SoC.
#mymobprice #Xiaomi17T #XiaomiLeak #SmartphoneLeaks #TechNews #AndroidUpdates
https://mymobprice.com/blog/article/xiaomi-17t-camera-and-battery-details-leak-b2541
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Google is enhancing Android app sideloading with a fresh verification process to assess developer credentials during APK installations.
This update introduces more explicit alerts while retaining an "advanced" install choice for tech-savvy users.
The rollout will debut in Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand in 2026.
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Google is enhancing Android app sideloading with a fresh verification process to assess developer credentials during APK installations.
This update introduces more explicit alerts while retaining an "advanced" install choice for tech-savvy users.
The rollout will debut in Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand in 2026.
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Google is enhancing Android app sideloading with a fresh verification process to assess developer credentials during APK installations.
This update introduces more explicit alerts while retaining an "advanced" install choice for tech-savvy users.
The rollout will debut in Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand in 2026.
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Google is enhancing Android app sideloading with a fresh verification process to assess developer credentials during APK installations.
This update introduces more explicit alerts while retaining an "advanced" install choice for tech-savvy users.
The rollout will debut in Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand in 2026.
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Google is enhancing Android app sideloading with a fresh verification process to assess developer credentials during APK installations.
This update introduces more explicit alerts while retaining an "advanced" install choice for tech-savvy users.
The rollout will debut in Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand in 2026.
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Google’s New Pixel Update Causing Havoc For Millions Of Users — Check Your Phone Now
Google’s most recent Google Play system update was launched more than a week ago, but it still seems…
#NewsBeep #News #Mobile #9to5GooglePixelupdate #Androidupdates #GooglePixelblackscreen #GooglePlaysystemupdate #PixelLaunchernotloading #Pixelrebootissue #Pixelsoftwareupdate #Pixelupdateissues #Pixelupdateproblems #PixelupdatestuckNovember2025 #Technology #UK #UnitedKingdom
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I just updated my Samsung Galaxy S25+. As it turns out, my phone was nine updates behind, and it was still running Android 15. There may have been notifications, but somehow I overlooked them. For someone who habitually updates his software, I guess that's why we have the "Auto update system" option in Settings > Developer options.
#Android15 #Android16 #AndroidSecurity #AndroidUpdates #autoupdate #GalaxyS25Plus
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Google’s January Play Update Causes Chaos for Pixel 9 and 10 Users
Google’s latest Pixel Play update is causing major headaches for Pixel 9 and 10 owners. The January 2026…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Mobile #Androidupdates #Google #pixel10 #pixel9 #Technology
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Google’s January Play Update Causes Chaos for Pixel 9 and 10 Users
Google’s latest Pixel Play update is causing major headaches for Pixel 9 and 10 owners. The January 2026…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Mobile #Androidupdates #Google #pixel10 #pixel9 #Technology
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Google’s January Play Update Causes Chaos for Pixel 9 and 10 Users
Google’s latest Pixel Play update is causing major headaches for Pixel 9 and 10 owners. The January 2026…
#NewsBeep #News #Mobile #Androidupdates #CA #Canada #Google #pixel10 #pixel9 #Technology
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/275848/ Google’s January Play Update Causes Chaos for Pixel 9 and 10 Users #AndroidUpdates #Éire #Google #IE #Ireland #Mobile #Pixel10 #Pixel9 #Technology
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🐢 In 2025, Google's "breakthroughs" are apparently just a rehash of Android updates and Chrome tweaks, masquerading as innovation. 🚀 If "Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V" was a research strategy, Google would win a Nobel Prize. 🏆
https://blog.google/technology/ai/2025-research-breakthroughs/ #GoogleInnovation #AndroidUpdates #ChromeTweaks #TechCritique #NobelPrize #HackerNews #ngated -
🐢 In 2025, Google's "breakthroughs" are apparently just a rehash of Android updates and Chrome tweaks, masquerading as innovation. 🚀 If "Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V" was a research strategy, Google would win a Nobel Prize. 🏆
https://blog.google/technology/ai/2025-research-breakthroughs/ #GoogleInnovation #AndroidUpdates #ChromeTweaks #TechCritique #NobelPrize #HackerNews #ngated -
🐢 In 2025, Google's "breakthroughs" are apparently just a rehash of Android updates and Chrome tweaks, masquerading as innovation. 🚀 If "Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V" was a research strategy, Google would win a Nobel Prize. 🏆
https://blog.google/technology/ai/2025-research-breakthroughs/ #GoogleInnovation #AndroidUpdates #ChromeTweaks #TechCritique #NobelPrize #HackerNews #ngated -
🐢 In 2025, Google's "breakthroughs" are apparently just a rehash of Android updates and Chrome tweaks, masquerading as innovation. 🚀 If "Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V" was a research strategy, Google would win a Nobel Prize. 🏆
https://blog.google/technology/ai/2025-research-breakthroughs/ #GoogleInnovation #AndroidUpdates #ChromeTweaks #TechCritique #NobelPrize #HackerNews #ngated -
Google’s Second Pixel December Update Fixes Battery Drain and Touch Issues
Google is quietly rolling out a second December 2025 update to select Pixel phones, primarily targeting heavy battery…
#NewsBeep #News #Mobile #Androidupdates #Google #pixel10 #Technology #UK #UnitedKingdom
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/331324/ -
https://www.europesays.com/ie/245137/ Google’s Second Pixel December Update Fixes Battery Drain and Touch Issues #AndroidUpdates #Éire #Google #IE #Ireland #Mobile #Pixel10 #Technology
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Android 16 QPR1 is being pushed to the Android Open Source Project
https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/115533432439509433
#HackerNews #Android #QPR1 #AOSP #GrapheneOS #AndroidUpdates #OpenSource
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Android 16 QPR1 is being pushed to the Android Open Source Project
https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/115533432439509433
#HackerNews #Android #QPR1 #AOSP #GrapheneOS #AndroidUpdates #OpenSource
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Android 16 QPR1 is being pushed to the Android Open Source Project
https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/115533432439509433
#HackerNews #Android #QPR1 #AOSP #GrapheneOS #AndroidUpdates #OpenSource
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Android 16 QPR1 is being pushed to the Android Open Source Project
https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/115533432439509433
#HackerNews #Android #QPR1 #AOSP #GrapheneOS #AndroidUpdates #OpenSource
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Android 16 QPR1 is being pushed to the Android Open Source Project
https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/115533432439509433
#HackerNews #Android #QPR1 #AOSP #GrapheneOS #AndroidUpdates #OpenSource
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iQOO 15 is shaking up the Android update game 📱 with a commitment that matches industry giants. The brand's latest move puts long-term software support front and center, promising years of updates that could change how users think about device longevity. Read the article to learn what this means for the smartphone market ⚡
#iQOO15 #AndroidUpdates #SmartphoneNews #TechNews #SoftwareSupport
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iQOO 15 is shaking up the Android update game 📱 with a commitment that matches industry giants. The brand's latest move puts long-term software support front and center, promising years of updates that could change how users think about device longevity. Read the article to learn what this means for the smartphone market ⚡
#iQOO15 #AndroidUpdates #SmartphoneNews #TechNews #SoftwareSupport
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iQOO 15 is shaking up the Android update game 📱 with a commitment that matches industry giants. The brand's latest move puts long-term software support front and center, promising years of updates that could change how users think about device longevity. Read the article to learn what this means for the smartphone market ⚡
#iQOO15 #AndroidUpdates #SmartphoneNews #TechNews #SoftwareSupport
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iQOO 15 is shaking up the Android update game 📱 with a commitment that matches industry giants. The brand's latest move puts long-term software support front and center, promising years of updates that could change how users think about device longevity. Read the article to learn what this means for the smartphone market ⚡
#iQOO15 #AndroidUpdates #SmartphoneNews #TechNews #SoftwareSupport
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iQOO 15 is shaking up the Android update game 📱 with a commitment that matches industry giants. The brand's latest move puts long-term software support front and center, promising years of updates that could change how users think about device longevity. Read the article to learn what this means for the smartphone market ⚡
#iQOO15 #AndroidUpdates #SmartphoneNews #TechNews #SoftwareSupport
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Android's sideloading limits are its most anti-consumer move yet
https://www.makeuseof.com/androids-sideloading-limits-are-anti-consumer-move-yet/
#HackerNews #Android #Sideloading #ConsumerRights #TechNews #AndroidUpdates #AntiConsumer
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Android's sideloading limits are its most anti-consumer move yet
https://www.makeuseof.com/androids-sideloading-limits-are-anti-consumer-move-yet/
#HackerNews #Android #Sideloading #ConsumerRights #TechNews #AndroidUpdates #AntiConsumer
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Android's sideloading limits are its most anti-consumer move yet
https://www.makeuseof.com/androids-sideloading-limits-are-anti-consumer-move-yet/
#HackerNews #Android #Sideloading #ConsumerRights #TechNews #AndroidUpdates #AntiConsumer
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Android's sideloading limits are its most anti-consumer move yet
https://www.makeuseof.com/androids-sideloading-limits-are-anti-consumer-move-yet/
#HackerNews #Android #Sideloading #ConsumerRights #TechNews #AndroidUpdates #AntiConsumer
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Android's sideloading limits are its most anti-consumer move yet
https://www.makeuseof.com/androids-sideloading-limits-are-anti-consumer-move-yet/
#HackerNews #Android #Sideloading #ConsumerRights #TechNews #AndroidUpdates #AntiConsumer
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Ah yes, because nothing screams "financial foresight" like a 2025 investment strategy buried under an avalanche of recycled buzzword salad. 🥗✨ Clearly, the road to riches is paved with Android updates and a #Chrome tab you forgot to close in 2017. 📉🚀
https://blog.google/inside-google/company-announcements/investing-in-america-2025/ #financialforesight #investmentstrategy #buzzwordsalad #Androidupdates #tab2023 #HackerNews #ngated -
Ah yes, because nothing screams "financial foresight" like a 2025 investment strategy buried under an avalanche of recycled buzzword salad. 🥗✨ Clearly, the road to riches is paved with Android updates and a #Chrome tab you forgot to close in 2017. 📉🚀
https://blog.google/inside-google/company-announcements/investing-in-america-2025/ #financialforesight #investmentstrategy #buzzwordsalad #Androidupdates #tab2023 #HackerNews #ngated -
Ah yes, because nothing screams "financial foresight" like a 2025 investment strategy buried under an avalanche of recycled buzzword salad. 🥗✨ Clearly, the road to riches is paved with Android updates and a #Chrome tab you forgot to close in 2017. 📉🚀
https://blog.google/inside-google/company-announcements/investing-in-america-2025/ #financialforesight #investmentstrategy #buzzwordsalad #Androidupdates #tab2023 #HackerNews #ngated -
Ah yes, because nothing screams "financial foresight" like a 2025 investment strategy buried under an avalanche of recycled buzzword salad. 🥗✨ Clearly, the road to riches is paved with Android updates and a #Chrome tab you forgot to close in 2017. 📉🚀
https://blog.google/inside-google/company-announcements/investing-in-america-2025/ #financialforesight #investmentstrategy #buzzwordsalad #Androidupdates #tab2023 #HackerNews #ngated -
Pixel 9 Pro long-term assessment: the best $200 extra I’ve spent on a phone
The Pixel 9 Pro phone that I bought last December–for the most money I have yet spent on a smartphone–is now theoretically obsolete with Google’s introduction of the Pixel 10 series at the end of August. But it doesn’t feel even faintly out of date.
I had spent more than my budget for previous phones after the demise of my Pixel 5a for a few different reasons: The Pixel 8a that PCMag was kind enough to loan me ran hot and rebooted randomly too often; the base Pixel 9, starting at $799, had significantly worse battery life in PCMag’s tests; the 5x optical zoom lens on the Pixel 9 Pro, $999 and up, seemed like it would justify the extra $200 by itself.
And then I spent an extra $100 to get a configuration with 256 GB of storage, offset initially by a $150 discount at purchase and and later by a $150 rebate for a trade-in of the ancient, still-functional Pixel 3a that I’d kept around as a backup. That brought my final cost with taxes to $855.94.
Nine months later, I still find myself appreciating the 9 Pro’s telephoto lens almost every day. Having that glass in the camera I have with me almost all of the time has made an enormous difference in my photography, allowing me to get meaningfully closer to subjects ranging from overhead aircraft to a musican onstage.
The extra money I spent to double the stock 128 GB also seems eminently well spent. With my entire music library on this phone (which I can’t listen to via my best wired headphones without a USB-C dongle), constant picture taking and only intermittent attempts to prune the phone of underused apps, I still have almost half of that space left free. This may be the first phone I’ve owned where I didn’t have to worry about its storage capacity since the feature phones I carried up before upgrading to the first of a series of Palm Treo phones more than 20 years ago.
The rest of the Pixel 9 Pro hasn’t represented such a remarkable advance. Battery life has been good enough for me not to worry about it–helped by the ability of this phone to recharge quickly over USB-C and cordlessly via the Qi charging surfaces that are no longer such a rare sight in hotels and even some premium airplane cabins.
Like most new phones, the 9 Pro embeds its fingerprint sensor in the touchscreen, and I still find myself tapping on the wrong part of it until the display lights up with a fingerprint icon telling me where I should have done that.
I have not needed one of the Pixel 9 Pro’s more-hyped features, its Satellite SOS emergency-messaging capability. That’s a good thing, but the one time I tried to test it–on a beach on California’s northern coast with zero T-Mobile bandwidth shown–I could only get Google’s demo to work once.
As for the AI features that Google has emphasized so much, I can’t say that I’ve used them much. Or at least I haven’t used them in ways that makes this phone feel more powerful than older Pixel phones that merely ran software that could do some machine-learning tasks on-device. Which also explains why Google’s emphasis on AI in the Pixel 10 series–as Ars Technica’s Ryan Whitwam phrased it in his review, “Google pulled out all the stops and added a ton of new AI features you may not care about”–doesn’t click with me.
The part of Google’s fundamental Pixel pitch that I do continue to appreciate: getting that company’s full set of features without bloatware attached, then never having to wait for weeks or months to get feature updates or even security fixes. My phone may now rank as slightly old, but its software is more recent than what’s on a lot of just-shipped Android phones from other vendors.
#5xZoom #AI #android #AndroidUpdates #opticalZoom #phoneStorage #Pixel10Phones #Pixel9Phones #Pixel9Pro #PixelPhones #QiCharging #smartphonePhotography #telephotoLens
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Pixel 9 Pro long-term assessment: the best $200 extra I’ve spent on a phone
The Pixel 9 Pro phone that I bought last December–for the most money I have yet spent on a smartphone–is now theoretically obsolete with Google’s introduction of the Pixel 10 series at the end of August. But it doesn’t feel even faintly out of date.
I had spent more than my budget for previous phones after the demise of my Pixel 5a for a few different reasons: The Pixel 8a that PCMag was kind enough to loan me ran hot and rebooted randomly too often; the base Pixel 9, starting at $799, had significantly worse battery life in PCMag’s tests; the 5x optical zoom lens on the Pixel 9 Pro, $999 and up, seemed like it would justify the extra $200 by itself.
And then I spent an extra $100 to get a configuration with 256 GB of storage, offset initially by a $150 discount at purchase and and later by a $150 rebate for a trade-in of the ancient, still-functional Pixel 3a that I’d kept around as a backup. That brought my final cost with taxes to $855.94.
Nine months later, I still find myself appreciating the 9 Pro’s telephoto lens almost every day. Having that glass in the camera I have with me almost all of the time has made an enormous difference in my photography, allowing me to get meaningfully closer to subjects ranging from overhead aircraft to a musican onstage.
The extra money I spent to double the stock 128 GB also seems eminently well spent. With my entire music library on this phone (which I can’t listen to via my best wired headphones without a USB-C dongle), constant picture taking and only intermittent attempts to prune the phone of underused apps, I still have almost half of that space left free. This may be the first phone I’ve owned where I didn’t have to worry about its storage capacity since the feature phones I carried up before upgrading to the first of a series of Palm Treo phones more than 20 years ago.
The rest of the Pixel 9 Pro hasn’t represented such a remarkable advance. Battery life has been good enough for me not to worry about it–helped by the ability of this phone to recharge quickly over USB-C and cordlessly via the Qi charging surfaces that are no longer such a rare sight in hotels and even some premium airplane cabins.
Like most new phones, the 9 Pro embeds its fingerprint sensor in the touchscreen, and I still find myself tapping on the wrong part of it until the display lights up with a fingerprint icon telling me where I should have done that.
I have not needed one of the Pixel 9 Pro’s more-hyped features, its Satellite SOS emergency-messaging capability. That’s a good thing, but the one time I tried to test it–on a beach on California’s northern coast with zero T-Mobile bandwidth shown–I could only get Google’s demo to work once.
As for the AI features that Google has emphasized so much, I can’t say that I’ve used them much. Or at least I haven’t used them in ways that makes this phone feel more powerful than older Pixel phones that merely ran software that could do some machine-learning tasks on-device. Which also explains why Google’s emphasis on AI in the Pixel 10 series–as Ars Technica’s Ryan Whitwam phrased it in his review, “Google pulled out all the stops and added a ton of new AI features you may not care about”–doesn’t click with me.
The part of Google’s fundamental Pixel pitch that I do continue to appreciate: getting that company’s full set of features without bloatware attached, then never having to wait for weeks or months to get feature updates or even security fixes. My phone may now rank as slightly old, but its software is more recent than what’s on a lot of just-shipped Android phones from other vendors.
#5xZoom #AI #android #AndroidUpdates #opticalZoom #phoneStorage #Pixel10Phones #Pixel9Phones #Pixel9Pro #PixelPhones #QiCharging #smartphonePhotography #telephotoLens
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Pixel 9 Pro long-term assessment: the best $200 extra I’ve spent on a phone
The Pixel 9 Pro phone that I bought last December–for the most money I have yet spent on a smartphone–is now theoretically obsolete with Google’s introduction of the Pixel 10 series at the end of August. But it doesn’t feel even faintly out of date.
I had spent more than my budget for previous phones after the demise of my Pixel 5a for a few different reasons: The Pixel 8a that PCMag was kind enough to loan me ran hot and rebooted randomly too often; the base Pixel 9, starting at $799, had significantly worse battery life in PCMag’s tests; the 5x optical zoom lens on the Pixel 9 Pro, $999 and up, seemed like it would justify the extra $200 by itself.
And then I spent an extra $100 to get a configuration with 256 GB of storage, offset initially by a $150 discount at purchase and and later by a $150 rebate for a trade-in of the ancient, still-functional Pixel 3a that I’d kept around as a backup. That brought my final cost with taxes to $855.94.
Nine months later, I still find myself appreciating the 9 Pro’s telephoto lens almost every day. Having that glass in the camera I have with me almost all of the time has made an enormous difference in my photography, allowing me to get meaningfully closer to subjects ranging from overhead aircraft to a musican onstage.
The extra money I spent to double the stock 128 GB also seems eminently well spent. With my entire music library on this phone (which I can’t listen to via my best wired headphones without a USB-C dongle), constant picture taking and only intermittent attempts to prune the phone of underused apps, I still have almost half of that space left free. This may be the first phone I’ve owned where I didn’t have to worry about its storage capacity since the feature phones I carried up before upgrading to the first of a series of Palm Treo phones more than 20 years ago.
The rest of the Pixel 9 Pro hasn’t represented such a remarkable advance. Battery life has been good enough for me not to worry about it–helped by the ability of this phone to recharge quickly over USB-C and cordlessly via the Qi charging surfaces that are no longer such a rare sight in hotels and even some premium airplane cabins.
Like most new phones, the 9 Pro embeds its fingerprint sensor in the touchscreen, and I still find myself tapping on the wrong part of it until the display lights up with a fingerprint icon telling me where I should have done that.
I have not needed one of the Pixel 9 Pro’s more-hyped features, its Satellite SOS emergency-messaging capability. That’s a good thing, but the one time I tried to test it–on a beach on California’s northern coast with zero T-Mobile bandwidth shown–I could only get Google’s demo to work once.
As for the AI features that Google has emphasized so much, I can’t say that I’ve used them much. Or at least I haven’t used them in ways that makes this phone feel more powerful than older Pixel phones that merely ran software that could do some machine-learning tasks on-device. Which also explains why Google’s emphasis on AI in the Pixel 10 series–as Ars Technica’s Ryan Whitwam phrased it in his review, “Google pulled out all the stops and added a ton of new AI features you may not care about”–doesn’t click with me.
The part of Google’s fundamental Pixel pitch that I do continue to appreciate: getting that company’s full set of features without bloatware attached, then never having to wait for weeks or months to get feature updates or even security fixes. My phone may now rank as slightly old, but its software is more recent than what’s on a lot of just-shipped Android phones from other vendors.
#5xZoom #AI #android #AndroidUpdates #opticalZoom #phoneStorage #Pixel10Phones #Pixel9Phones #Pixel9Pro #PixelPhones #QiCharging #smartphonePhotography #telephotoLens
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Pixel 9 Pro long-term assessment: the best $200 extra I’ve spent on a phone
The Pixel 9 Pro phone that I bought last December–for the most money I have yet spent on a smartphone–is now theoretically obsolete with Google’s introduction of the Pixel 10 series at the end of August. But it doesn’t feel even faintly out of date.
I had spent more than my budget for previous phones after the demise of my Pixel 5a for a few different reasons: The Pixel 8a that PCMag was kind enough to loan me ran hot and rebooted randomly too often; the base Pixel 9, starting at $799, had significantly worse battery life in PCMag’s tests; the 5x optical zoom lens on the Pixel 9 Pro, $999 and up, seemed like it would justify the extra $200 by itself.
And then I spent an extra $100 to get a configuration with 256 GB of storage, offset initially by a $150 discount at purchase and and later by a $150 rebate for a trade-in of the ancient, still-functional Pixel 3a that I’d kept around as a backup. That brought my final cost with taxes to $855.94.
Nine months later, I still find myself appreciating the 9 Pro’s telephoto lens almost every day. Having that glass in the camera I have with me almost all of the time has made an enormous difference in my photography, allowing me to get meaningfully closer to subjects ranging from overhead aircraft to a musican onstage.
The extra money I spent to double the stock 128 GB also seems eminently well spent. With my entire music library on this phone (which I can’t listen to via my best wired headphones without a USB-C dongle), constant picture taking and only intermittent attempts to prune the phone of underused apps, I still have almost half of that space left free. This may be the first phone I’ve owned where I didn’t have to worry about its storage capacity since the feature phones I carried up before upgrading to the first of a series of Palm Treo phones more than 20 years ago.
The rest of the Pixel 9 Pro hasn’t represented such a remarkable advance. Battery life has been good enough for me not to worry about it–helped by the ability of this phone to recharge quickly over USB-C and cordlessly via the Qi charging surfaces that are no longer such a rare sight in hotels and even some premium airplane cabins.
Like most new phones, the 9 Pro embeds its fingerprint sensor in the touchscreen, and I still find myself tapping on the wrong part of it until the display lights up with a fingerprint icon telling me where I should have done that.
I have not needed one of the Pixel 9 Pro’s more-hyped features, its Satellite SOS emergency-messaging capability. That’s a good thing, but the one time I tried to test it–on a beach on California’s northern coast with zero T-Mobile bandwidth shown–I could only get Google’s demo to work once.
As for the AI features that Google has emphasized so much, I can’t say that I’ve used them much. Or at least I haven’t used them in ways that makes this phone feel more powerful than older Pixel phones that merely ran software that could do some machine-learning tasks on-device. Which also explains why Google’s emphasis on AI in the Pixel 10 series–as Ars Technica’s Ryan Whitwam phrased it in his review, “Google pulled out all the stops and added a ton of new AI features you may not care about”–doesn’t click with me.
The part of Google’s fundamental Pixel pitch that I do continue to appreciate: getting that company’s full set of features without bloatware attached, then never having to wait for weeks or months to get feature updates or even security fixes. My phone may now rank as slightly old, but its software is more recent than what’s on a lot of just-shipped Android phones from other vendors.
#5xZoom #AI #android #AndroidUpdates #opticalZoom #phoneStorage #Pixel10Phones #Pixel9Phones #Pixel9Pro #PixelPhones #QiCharging #smartphonePhotography #telephotoLens
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OMFG AN OVERNIGHT ANDROID UPDATE HAS CHANGED THE SYSTEM FONT ON ALL MY ALARMS
WHYYYYYYY !!?
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